Hose-drier.



No. 684,74l. Patented Oct. I5, IQDI. C. M. BUWMAN.

HOSE DRIER.

(Application led Jan. 3, 1901.1 (No Model.)

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UNiTnn STATES PATENT @Trice CHARLES MICHAEL BOWMAN, OF LEBANON,PENNSYLVANIA.

HOSE-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,741, dated October15, 1901. Application led January 3, 1901. Serial No. 41,977. (Nomodel.)

T0 all whom r1 may concern:

Beit known that LCHARLES MICHAEL Bow- MAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulmprovemenrsinHose-Driers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a device for drying fire and other hose.

It has for its object to provide means whereby a wet hose may besupported while being subjected to the action of a confined dryingmedium, which is caused to circulate about the hose until the latter isdry.

With this and other minor objects in view the invention consists incertain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement ofparts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and particularlypointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an outer front elevationalview showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2is an innerelevational View of the casing,showing the hinged section thereof thrownopen. Fig. 3 is a cross-section through the casing, showing the mannerin Which the hose is held. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail sectional viewsshowing modifications.

In carrying my invention into practice I provide a tubular or squaremetallic or wood inclosing casing or jacket A of relatively greaterdiameter than the hose, which casing consists of two like longitudinalsections or halves B and B', one of which is adapted to be rigidlysecured by brackets C to the wall of an engine-house or other suitablesupport, while the other is hinged, as shown at d, to open to admit thehose and to close to coniine the same. The hinged section B may bedivided into short sections and held closed by any preferredconstruction of locking means. In the present instance I have shown itprovided at its free edge with a hasp e to engage a staple e on thecooperating meeting edge of the fixed section B, through which staple afastening of any desired type may be passed; but I may substitutetherefor any other suitable form of holding means adapted for thepurpose. Any other suitable means of securing or mounting the case orjacket may also be employed, or it may rest on the floor. The casing isprovided at suitable intervals on theinside with means forgripping orholding the hose, said means consisting of movable bowed orsemicircular-shaped arms F and F', adapted to hold the hose betweenthem. 'lhesc arms have their curved or bowed portions spaced apart fromthe walls of the jacket-sections, and such portions of each pair of armsare of such size as to form an approximately annular clamp of the samediameter as the external diameter of the hose, whereby a space G isprovided between the jacket and hose for the circulation of the dryingmedium. I may, however, employ brackets F2, adapted to support 011e ormore lines or sections of hose, or any other preferred holding orsupporting means suitable for the purpose, and I may arrange the driervertically or horizontally, as desired.

In operation the hose H is placed within the case or jacket and clampedand inclosed by closing and securing the hinged section B'. The lowerend of the jacket is then sealed by means of a cap I, to which isconnected a pipe j, leading from a hot or cold air drum or blower K.Upon starting this drum hot or cold air is forced into the jacket A andcirculates through the circulating space or conductor G in contact withthe hose, finally exhausting to the atmosphere at the upper end of thejacket. By this means the hose is quickly and thoroughly dried.

Instead of employing only driven hot or cold air as the drying medium Imay, in connection with it, employ steam, hot water, or any other heatediiuid. In employing hot water, steam, or a heated gas other than air theconstruction may be and preferably is modified by circulatingthe fluidthrough one or more pipes L, extendingthrough the jacket, so as not tocome into direct contact with the hose. I therefore do not limit myselfto the use of any particular kind of drying medium or means forsupplying the same.

My invention consists, broadly, in an inclosing case or jacket having acirculating space or conductor, formed in any approved way, for one ormore sections of hose.

My invention is advantageous in supplying a long-felt want in tireengine houses and other establishments using water-hose in saving timein drying and in obviating one of the principal objections tothedryingtowers now in use in relieving the hose of strain, Wherebybreaking ot' the hose at its points of connection with the couplings isprevented. The device is also simple ofconstruction and may bemanufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

1. A hose-drierconsistingof a jacket adapted to lineally support and toclosely envelop the hose, said jacket being provided with end inlet andexhaust openings for a drying medium and with means for supporting thehose to leave an intervening longitudinal space or passage between thejacket and hose for the circulation of a current of the drying medium,substantially asy described.

2. In a hose-drier, the combination of an inclosing jacket to envelopthe bose, said jacket being open at one end, means for supporting thehose within the jacket to leave an intervening space between the jacketand hose for the passage of a en rrent of the drying medium,

beat-supplying means, a cap closing the other end of the jacket, and .aconnection between i the said heat-supplying means and cap for supplyingheated air or other heated fluid to the jacket to dry the hose,substantially as described.

3. A hose-drier, comprising an inelosing jacket consisting of relativelyfixed and movable sections, and opposing spring-actuated grippingdevices on said sections to engage and support the hose.

4. A hose-drier, comprising an inclosing case or jacket consisting ofrelatively fixed and movable sections, and spaced opposing grippingdevices on the interior of said sections and adapted to hold the hosesupported therein and to form an intervening space for the circulationof a drying medium.

5. In a hose-drier, the combination, with supporting means, of ahose-inclosing jacket comprisingaixed section secured to said supportingmea-ns and a movable section hinged l

